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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 30, 2020 20:31:34 GMT
Yankees declined Brett Gardner's qualifying offer, making him a FA. Doesn't mean he's going anywhere. He'll re-sign with the Yanks for 1 year, $3m as their primary 4th outfielder.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 30, 2020 20:35:29 GMT
Sounds like a great way to start off a new relationship with the team and fans. Sounds like that guy has Boo Koo Bucks from what I read. Be fun for the Mets to be good again and be big players during Free Agency like the Yanks.
Spending isn't really the problem. Spending wisely, however, has been a problem. Being penny smart but pound foolish repeatedly. I loved the deGrom signing (and they had to do that) but things like refusing to sign Justin Turner for $1m, but turning around and giving hapless dickhead Alejandro de Aza 2 years, $14m, bringing back a terrifyingly ineffective Jeurys Familia on a 3-year(!!!) deal at $10m per. Even if Familia was decent before that signing, that's a terrible contract. Sure, they got snake bitten a bit with the Jason Bays and Yoenis Cespedes types, but they need to overhaul their scouting and player development departments from the top down. And just the stupid shit the Wilpons ALWAYS did. Renting out the parking lots on Opening Day so the circus could use them, forcing fans to park a fucking mile away at the tennis center. Publicly shitting on players in the papers so that the fans wouldn't be upset when such fans didn't re-sign with the team. This is something they would do repeatedly. You started seeing it with Syndergaard last year and that's when they entertained the idea of shopping him. Or they publicly talk about a player being "soft" when he doesn't come back from injury fast enough so they can justify letting him go at the end of the year. They're just clowns. Also, "Boo Koo" bucks. Nice. Same thing with the Red Sox. Giving Sale a pricey extension when they didn't need to and his velocity was declining. Giving Nathan Eovaldi big money just for a good second half in 2018. Overpaying and giving a player friendly contract to JD Martinez. Rusney Castillo, the guy getting $14,000,000 to play in Pawtucket. The new GM, Chaim Bloom isn't a spendthrift, but John Henry is. And he is the top cat. Not sure about Bloom, the Sox should have got a lot more for Traitor Betts. A pitcher, perhaps...
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 30, 2020 20:36:04 GMT
Yankees declined Brett Gardner's qualifying offer, making him a FA. Doesn't mean he's going anywhere. He'll re-sign with the Yanks for 1 year, $3m as their primary 4th outfielder. He's been there forever. I think he played with Ruth and Gehrig
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 30, 2020 20:37:20 GMT
Sounds like a great way to start off a new relationship with the team and fans.
Sounds like that guy has Boo Koo Bucks from what I read.
Be fun for the Mets to be good again and be big players during Free Agency like the Yanks.
Spending isn't really the problem. Spending wisely, however, has been a problem. Being penny smart but pound foolish repeatedly. I loved the deGrom signing (and they had to do that) but things like refusing to sign Justin Turner for $1m, but turning around and giving hapless dickhead Alejandro de Aza 2 years, $14m, bringing back a terrifyingly ineffective Jeurys Familia on a 3-year(!!!) deal at $10m per. Even if Familia was decent before that signing, that's a terrible contract. Sure, they got snake bitten a bit with the Jason Bays and Yoenis Cespedes types, but they need to overhaul their scouting and player development departments from the top down. And just the stupid shit the Wilpons ALWAYS did. Renting out the parking lots on Opening Day so the circus could use them, forcing fans to park a fucking mile away at the tennis center. Publicly shitting on players in the papers so that the fans wouldn't be upset when such fans didn't re-sign with the team. This is something they would do repeatedly. You started seeing it with Syndergaard last year and that's when they entertained the idea of shopping him. Or they publicly talk about a player being "soft" when he doesn't come back from injury fast enough so they can justify letting him go at the end of the year. They're just clowns. Also, "Boo Koo" bucks. Nice. You know a lot about baseball
Can you explain to me why Trevor Bauer is considered by most to be the top free agent out there this year
He's 30 years old - career record of 75-64 and a career ERA of 3.90
Those aren't Earth Shattering stats to me (I mean - I'd like all of my pitchers to have ERAs under 4 - but the #1 FA this year with those stats?) - what kind of money is he looking at being considered the #1 FA on the market......
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 30, 2020 20:44:24 GMT
Spending isn't really the problem. Spending wisely, however, has been a problem. Being penny smart but pound foolish repeatedly. I loved the deGrom signing (and they had to do that) but things like refusing to sign Justin Turner for $1m, but turning around and giving hapless dickhead Alejandro de Aza 2 years, $14m, bringing back a terrifyingly ineffective Jeurys Familia on a 3-year(!!!) deal at $10m per. Even if Familia was decent before that signing, that's a terrible contract. Sure, they got snake bitten a bit with the Jason Bays and Yoenis Cespedes types, but they need to overhaul their scouting and player development departments from the top down. And just the stupid shit the Wilpons ALWAYS did. Renting out the parking lots on Opening Day so the circus could use them, forcing fans to park a fucking mile away at the tennis center. Publicly shitting on players in the papers so that the fans wouldn't be upset when such fans didn't re-sign with the team. This is something they would do repeatedly. You started seeing it with Syndergaard last year and that's when they entertained the idea of shopping him. Or they publicly talk about a player being "soft" when he doesn't come back from injury fast enough so they can justify letting him go at the end of the year. They're just clowns. Also, "Boo Koo" bucks. Nice. You know a lot about baseball
Can you explain to me why Trevor Bauer is considered by most to be the top free agent out there this year
He's 30 years old - career record of 75-64 and a career ERA of 3.90
Those aren't Earth Shattering stats to me (I mean - I'd like all of my pitchers to have ERAs under 4 - but the #1 FA this year with those stats?) - what kind of money is he looking at being considered the #1 FA on the market......
I'm not sold on him. He has big year when he wants money or a new address. His two biggest years were 2018, when he wanted out of Cleveland and this year, with FA looming. How will he do when he gets his five years guaranteed? And it's a thin FA class for starting pitchers. Tanaka, Gausman? Whee
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 30, 2020 20:49:49 GMT
Spending isn't really the problem. Spending wisely, however, has been a problem. Being penny smart but pound foolish repeatedly. I loved the deGrom signing (and they had to do that) but things like refusing to sign Justin Turner for $1m, but turning around and giving hapless dickhead Alejandro de Aza 2 years, $14m, bringing back a terrifyingly ineffective Jeurys Familia on a 3-year(!!!) deal at $10m per. Even if Familia was decent before that signing, that's a terrible contract. Sure, they got snake bitten a bit with the Jason Bays and Yoenis Cespedes types, but they need to overhaul their scouting and player development departments from the top down. And just the stupid shit the Wilpons ALWAYS did. Renting out the parking lots on Opening Day so the circus could use them, forcing fans to park a fucking mile away at the tennis center. Publicly shitting on players in the papers so that the fans wouldn't be upset when such fans didn't re-sign with the team. This is something they would do repeatedly. You started seeing it with Syndergaard last year and that's when they entertained the idea of shopping him. Or they publicly talk about a player being "soft" when he doesn't come back from injury fast enough so they can justify letting him go at the end of the year. They're just clowns. Also, "Boo Koo" bucks. Nice. You know a lot about baseball
Can you explain to me why Trevor Bauer is considered by most to be the top free agent out there this year
He's 30 years old - career record of 75-64 and a career ERA of 3.90
Those aren't Earth Shattering stats to me (I mean - I'd like all of my pitchers to have ERAs under 4 - but the #1 FA this year with those stats?) - what kind of money is he looking at being considered the #1 FA on the market......
I'm not a big fan of Bauer personally, I know nuts is (pour one out!). He's the top FA starting pitcher right now largely because it's a rather thin market at the position. It's basically him, Masahiro Tanaka (who is injury riddled and has shown diminished velocity) and Marcus Stroman and....that's kinda it. A slew of question marks and 'buy-low' type candidates like James Paxton (coming off significant injuries), Robbie Ray, Mike Minor (who I actually like and hope the Mets sign). Bauer is coming off his best year, even though it was abridged. He's in his prime and he seems to have started a bit late, not really getting the chance to start until he was 24 so he figures to have another 4-5 peak years left on his arm. There is some scuttlebutt that his spin rates and velocity was so far above his previous bests that he was up to something nefarious (juicing? doctoring the ball somehow?) but nothing ever proven so who knows. For me, I think he's just an asshole who enjoys being the "villain." No room on my team for a guy like that.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 30, 2020 20:56:38 GMT
You know a lot about baseball
Can you explain to me why Trevor Bauer is considered by most to be the top free agent out there this year
He's 30 years old - career record of 75-64 and a career ERA of 3.90
Those aren't Earth Shattering stats to me (I mean - I'd like all of my pitchers to have ERAs under 4 - but the #1 FA this year with those stats?) - what kind of money is he looking at being considered the #1 FA on the market......
I'm not a big fan of Bauer personally, I know nuts is (pour one out!). He's the top FA starting pitcher right now largely because it's a rather thin market at the position. It's basically him, Masahiro Tanaka (who is injury riddled and has shown diminished velocity) and Marcus Stroman and....that's kinda it. A slew of question marks and 'buy-low' type candidates like James Paxton (coming off significant injuries), Robbie Ray, Mike Minor (who I actually like and hope the Mets sign). Bauer is coming off his best year, even though it was abridged. He's in his prime and he seems to have started a bit late, not really getting the chance to start until he was 24 so he figures to have another 4-5 peak years left on his arm. There is some scuttlebutt that his spin rates and velocity was so far above his previous bests that he was up to something nefarious (juicing? doctoring the ball somehow?) but nothing ever proven so who knows. For me, I think he's just an asshole who enjoys being the "villain." No room on my team for a guy like that. I've seen him linked to the Mets. New owner wants to make a splash, happened before.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 30, 2020 21:08:51 GMT
I'm not a big fan of Bauer personally, I know nuts is (pour one out!). He's the top FA starting pitcher right now largely because it's a rather thin market at the position. It's basically him, Masahiro Tanaka (who is injury riddled and has shown diminished velocity) and Marcus Stroman and....that's kinda it. A slew of question marks and 'buy-low' type candidates like James Paxton (coming off significant injuries), Robbie Ray, Mike Minor (who I actually like and hope the Mets sign). Bauer is coming off his best year, even though it was abridged. He's in his prime and he seems to have started a bit late, not really getting the chance to start until he was 24 so he figures to have another 4-5 peak years left on his arm. There is some scuttlebutt that his spin rates and velocity was so far above his previous bests that he was up to something nefarious (juicing? doctoring the ball somehow?) but nothing ever proven so who knows. For me, I think he's just an asshole who enjoys being the "villain." No room on my team for a guy like that. I've seen him linked to the Mets. New owner wants to make a splash, happened before.
I have too. The Mets are really thin behind deGrom so they'll be in the market for pretty much every available starter. I just don't like Bauer.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 30, 2020 21:21:52 GMT
I've seen him linked to the Mets. New owner wants to make a splash, happened before.
I have too. The Mets are really thin behind deGrom so they'll be in the market for pretty much every available starter. I just don't like Bauer. The Red Sox will steer clear. Too rich. Seen them linked to Stroman or Gausman. If the price is right and they don't want 10 years, what the hell. I doubt it though. 2021 won't be a banner year in Fenway
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 1, 2020 9:26:22 GMT
Yankees decline option on J.A. Happ (as well as Garder - apologies - didn't see him mentioned above)
This offseason is going to be fascinating to watch because of all of the teams losing money due to Covid
Curious if we see a bunch of 1 year contracts out there and you can get some pretty decent players for cheap because nobody wants to spend any dough
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 1, 2020 13:33:27 GMT
Rangers decline option on Corey Kluber. Really interesting to see what happens here. He’s 34 and coming off two years completely lost to injury but he’s not far removed from being one of the top arms in the game. I expect him to get some type of 1 year pillow contract (like Josh Donaldson in Atlanta in 2019) to show that he’s healthy and maybe he can eke out another 3 years afterwards.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2020 10:24:29 GMT
Phils make a qualifying off to Realmuto for $18.9 mil
Obviously he's going to reject it
Yesterday was the deadline
So he's going to go out there and see what he can get - and the Phils can still negotiate with him in the meantime
Phils do not extend a qualifying offer to -
Didi Gregorius
Nice knowin' ya Bub
Maybe he'll still come back at an extremely discounted rate since I think a lot of teams may be leery of spending some dough this year due to losing money from Covid.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2020 11:17:33 GMT
Padres decline Mitch Moreland's option
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 2, 2020 15:13:43 GMT
Phils make a qualifying off to Realmuto for $18.9 mil Obviously he's going to reject it Yesterday was the deadline So he's going to go out there and see what he can get - and the Phils can still negotiate with him in the meantime Phils do not extend a qualifying offer to - Didi Gregorius Nice knowin' ya Bub Maybe he'll still come back at an extremely discounted rate since I think a lot of teams may be leery of spending some dough this year due to losing money from Covid. I'm kinda surprised they didn't make Didi a qualifying offer. He's been really productive the past few years and he will surely draw interest in the FA market. If he walks, do the Phillies have a viable alternative? Making qualifying offers is kind of a win-win - either you keep him on a one-year deal, or he walks and you can a 2nd round draft pick from whoever signs him. You usually see it offered to guys you know won't accept them.
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Post by sdm3 on Nov 2, 2020 15:18:20 GMT
I've seen him linked to the Mets. New owner wants to make a splash, happened before.
I have too. The Mets are really thin behind deGrom so they'll be in the market for pretty much every available starter. I just don't like Bauer. Bauer's drone incident makes him an ideal fit for the Mets.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2020 15:18:50 GMT
Phils make a qualifying off to Realmuto for $18.9 mil Obviously he's going to reject it Yesterday was the deadline So he's going to go out there and see what he can get - and the Phils can still negotiate with him in the meantime Phils do not extend a qualifying offer to - Didi Gregorius Nice knowin' ya Bub Maybe he'll still come back at an extremely discounted rate since I think a lot of teams may be leery of spending some dough this year due to losing money from Covid. I'm kinda surprised they didn't make Didi a qualifying offer. He's been really productive the past few years and he will surely draw interest in the FA market. If he walks, do the Phillies have a viable alternative? Making qualifying offers is kind of a win-win - either you keep him on a one-year deal, or he walks and you can a 2nd round draft pick from whoever signs him. You usually see it offered to guys you know won't accept them. Think he signed for like $14 mil last year.
They're clearing the deck for an huge offer to JT IMO if the Yanks/Mets make him an astronomical offer.
We've got a kid Bryson Scott in the minors who a lot of scouts talk about
With Bohm going to 3B everyday - Segura could play SS too
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Nov 2, 2020 15:19:40 GMT
Phils make a qualifying off to Realmuto for $18.9 mil Obviously he's going to reject it Yesterday was the deadline So he's going to go out there and see what he can get - and the Phils can still negotiate with him in the meantime Phils do not extend a qualifying offer to - Didi Gregorius Nice knowin' ya Bub Maybe he'll still come back at an extremely discounted rate since I think a lot of teams may be leery of spending some dough this year due to losing money from Covid. I'm kinda surprised they didn't make Didi a qualifying offer. He's been really productive the past few years and he will surely draw interest in the FA market. If he walks, do the Phillies have a viable alternative? Making qualifying offers is kind of a win-win - either you keep him on a one-year deal, or he walks and you can a 2nd round draft pick from whoever signs him. You usually see it offered to guys you know won't accept them. The Phillies didn’t make an offer because they’re not spending any money. They’re like Scrooge before the ghosts visited him. They’ll replace him with whatever dregs they have laying around.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2020 15:25:20 GMT
I'm kinda surprised they didn't make Didi a qualifying offer. He's been really productive the past few years and he will surely draw interest in the FA market. If he walks, do the Phillies have a viable alternative? Making qualifying offers is kind of a win-win - either you keep him on a one-year deal, or he walks and you can a 2nd round draft pick from whoever signs him. You usually see it offered to guys you know won't accept them. The Phillies didn’t make an offer because they’re not spending any money. They’re like Scrooge before the ghosts visited him. They’ll replace him with whatever dregs they have laying around. Scott Kingery may fit in nicely there too
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Nov 2, 2020 15:42:06 GMT
The Phillies didn’t make an offer because they’re not spending any money. They’re like Scrooge before the ghosts visited him. They’ll replace him with whatever dregs they have laying around. Scott Kingery may fit in nicely there too I mentioned the dregs.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2020 15:44:05 GMT
Scott Kingery may fit in nicely there too I mentioned the dregs. I think it hurt Scottie going into the season after recoopin' from Covid....
I have confidence in The King
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